First Friday: Jobs Fell by 92,000. But the Economy Is Still Growing?
#695: The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, pushing unemployment to 4.4 percent. That result contradicts a different report released two days earlier showing 63,000 jobs added, leaving economists trying to square the circle. Many agree that we're in a "low hire, low fire" jobs environment. We walk through several…
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